that he's going to wage a smarter war on terror, specifically putting more resources into afghanistan, pakistan, winding down in iraq, over the next year or so. we're going to see whether or not some of those actions he's taken were the right ones or not, candy. >> ed henry, senior white house koer corner, something surreal, talking about terrorism with the calm beach activity behind him. >>> coming up, we've got a huge panel here, ben stein will be with us, he, of course, the economist and former presidential speechwriter. also a columnist for "fortune" magazine. tanya actor, huffington post contributor in los angeles, terry holt, former national spokesman for cheney/bush in 2004, also adviser to the republican national committee and mark lamont hill, a contributor to the root.com, we're going to ask them more about this near-miss by terrorists, ask them about new year's resolutions, all kinds of stuff. stick with us. >>> they have already celebrated big in hong kong, past new year's there. of course that's on tape. gorgeous, nonetheless. we want to bring in our panel here, lots to talk about,